With a nod to days gone by, a little sterling silver discombobulated Frozen Charlotte doll necklace pendant ... mood jewelry just right for when you're having one of those days ... historic whimsical doll jewelry.

Discombobulated Charlotte ... she's in a state!  She's just not sure what’s up or down and her head is facing backwards.

- approximate measurement - 1 1/8" x 3/8” (32mm x 10mm) plus suspension ring
- photographed with a US dime and an inch ruler for scale
- doll metal - solid sterling silver (.925 silver) 
- doll charm only
- chain - depicted on an oxidized sterling silver cable chain with a spring ring clasp available separately here

I've reconfigured a tiny antique bisque porcelain penny doll, which dates back to 1850 - 1920, and sand cast her, then finished her up in my little studio ... hand crafted jewelry because how it's made matters.
No antique dolls were harmed in my making process. 😊

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*The original penny dolls were rigid one piece, un-jointed bisque porcelain dolls made during the 19th and early 20th centuries and most were made in Germany.  The one inch sized dolls were commonly known as penny dolls or penny babies because they generally sold for one cent. The tiniest dolls were often used in doll houses and some were even baked in cakes and puddings, hidden as favors or fortunes.
Their sizes ranged from 1” to 18” and the dolls were undressed in a standing position so children would make clothes for them to wear.  Some dolls were made by glazing the front but not glazing the back so that they would float on their backs in the tub ... bathing babies.

The popularity of Frozen Charlotte dolls can be attributed, in part, to the fact that their relatively low price allowed children to accumulate a collection of dolls with which to play.
Now the dolls are commonly known as Frozen Charlottes, after a cautionary tale based on a real event (1840) in which 
a girl froze to death on the sleigh ride to a winter ball … which sparked a poem by Mrs. Seba Smith (1841) 
“A Corpse Going to a Ball” and tells how a young man took Charlotte to a winter ball by sleigh one very cold evening. Charlotte was too proud to wrap up in the blanket and by the time they reached the party she was frozen to death. 

Impressed with history!

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